President Biden discusses cooperation on health, security, climate and efforts to end conflict in Ukraine with South Africa's Ramaphosa, who has avoided condemning Russia
Biden makes no direct mention that Ramaphosa is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Ramaphosa said he sought to work together on security, including in South Africa's troubled neighbour Mozambique, as well as on climate crisis, a key priority for the Biden administration. Wealthy nations at last year's Glasgow climate conference promised $8.5 billion of financing to South Africa to transition away from coal.
South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor denied being neutral but said "there are reasons for the perspectives that exist and one should never, I think, try to pretend that there aren't histories."
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